LSJU loc. 2546 Cain Mountain (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Pershing County, Nevada (40.0° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 53.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Winnemucca Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• probably Winnemucca Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101369: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae